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It's kind of a problem with such huge companies. The bit of MS that is funding VS Code and other open source dev-tooling has managed to win back a fair amount o
by ljm 5y ago
It's kind of a problem with such huge companies. The bit of MS that is funding VS Code and other open source dev-tooling has managed to win back a fair amount of good-will through their work.
But that doesn't automatically mean that the bit of MS that is dealing with Edge, or Windows, or Teams, is also as virtuous. In fact, they seem purely driven by business analysts who don't actually care about the product, just the metrics. If they did care, you wouldn't get nagged about Teams every time you booted up the computer, and you wouldn't see them trying so hard to keep Edge as the default browser.
- skohan 5y agoIt also doesn't mean that the work they're doing with VSCode is "virtuous". It's generally foolish to expect multinational corporations to act as if they are motivated by virtue - the incentive structure is just not set up for that.
- FpUser 5y agoWell, small companies do not act virtuous either (with some exceptions of course).
- skohan 5y agoYeah I totally agree. I think there are some small companies which intentionally set themselves up to forward a particular cause, like sustainability for example. Also privately held companies don't have the same accountability structures as public companies, so it can be the case that virtue is a motivator for that individual but for the most part we shouldn't expect virtue from profit-driven companies, and that would very much be the exception rather than the rule.